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The Reading Center at Truman College

The Reading Center is designed to support students in all aspects of college-level reading, critical thinking, text analysis, and research.

Full Description

For the Summer 2020 term, the Reading Center will be offering virtual consulations, workshops,and club through our Virtual Reading Center Zoom site. For up-to-date information on how to access the Virtual Reading Center, please click here to visit the main Truman Academic Support page:

The Reading Center teaches students the strategies they need in order to overcome their reading challenges. These challenges include:

Textbook reading

Vocabulary

Reading anxiety or frustration

Summaries

Literary analysis

Rhetorical analysis

Researching complex topics

How can the Reading Center help you?

APPOINTMENTS

Work with a highly-trained reading consultant one on one for 50 minutes. Bring in an assignment or simply come to practice reading skills.​If you wish to work one on one with a reading consultant, you may make an appointment by visiting us at our Zoom site. You do not need a appointment for workshops or clubs.

For each session you should bring:

Your student ID

Your assignment instructions

Any important comments or handouts from your teacher

An idea of what you want to work on

Don't have an appointment? Drop into our Zoom site anyway! Someone may be available to help you.

NO-SHOW POLICY: If you are five minutes late to your appointment, your time may be given to another student. If you are going to miss an appointment, please call us to cancel. If you are going to miss your appointment, please call usto cancel: 773-907-4458​.

WORKSHOPS

​Join our weekly small group workshops to learn reading skills that will benefit you in any class.

Mondays at 11 am

Tuesdays at 5 pm

Fridays at 1 pm ​​ ​

CLUBS

​Like joining a book club, but so much better! Stop in whenever you have a little bit of extra time and read short pieces with a small group. Discuss and analyze the piece, learn new vocabulary, and meet new people.